Disclaimer- I don't own any of these characters as we all know.. S.E.Hinton
does...
I know this is still a little slow and no big drama is happening right now
but these first few chapters have to be there, sorry, but enjoy, and thank
you to my 1 reviewer so far..lol. anyway, here goes it:
(Mason)
I picked up my pen and tried to do some homework- I really did. I needed to keep my grades up since I was here on a basketball scholarship. If I didn't I'd be kicked out.
My roommate and best friend Bob Collins was here by his father's money. He could slack off all he wanted since he was here on Cole's dollar-but I don't know how happy Cole would be. But you could tell Bob didn't care. For instance right now he was blaring music so high I could barely hear myself think, let alone concentrate.
"Robert," I started but it was obvious he was too into singing along to hear me. "ROBERT!"
He looked at me funny, "Chill Mason, no need to yell, I'm right here." But he was yelling himself.
I just shook my head. I needed a break anyway. I went out into the hallway and picked up one of the phones that was hanging off the wall. Unlike my brother Tex, I could remember our phone number.
The phone rang quite a few times. Finally a voice answered.
"Hello." Who ever it was was out of breath.
"Tex?"
"Yeah. Hey Mason, how's it goin'?"
"Fine. What took you so long to answer and why are you so out of breath?" I was very curious about this.
"Oh, Me and Johnny just walked out the door and I had to run back to get the phone." I guess him and Johnny were still inseparable but I doubt that'll ever change.
"Oh. Where's Pop?" I wasn't even sure if I wanted to know the answer to this one but I asked anyway.
"I dunno, he was gone for a few days but then last night I musta been sleep walkin' or something 'cause he opened the front door and sent me flying. It was pretty funny actually. But he just grabbed something and left again, and I went back to bed and he was still gone when I got up." I didn't find it that funny. I couldn't believe it. I knew Pop would slack when I was gone but I thought he'd at least stay home for more than a minute.
"Tex, are you okay? I mean is he leaving you enough food when he goes, what about--" Tex cut me off.
"Mason quit worrin'. Your ulcer's gunna go nuts. I'm fine." I tried to change the subject.
"So you still sleep walking eh?" I figured the only difference was he had to pull himself back to bed now instead of having me take him there.
"Yeah. It's been a while since you called. You havin' fun?" It had been the beginning of the year when I called. I hoped he wasn't mad but he didn't seem it.
"Oh yeah. So I'm thinkin' I'm gonna come down for thanksgiving. I'll drive down with Robert and I can see you then."
"Sounds great Mace. Oh Johnny says hi." I looked into our dorm. Bob was singing along with the music in his own little world. I just laughed.
"And Bob says hi too. So where are you and Johnny going?"
"Roger Genet said that he could beat me and Johnny in a race on cycles. We're gonna go prove him wrong!" He sounded so excited about this but I didn't like the idea.
"Tex, I don't think that's a very good idea. It's bad enough you two ride that cycle anyway, but I don't think you should be racin' it." I wished Pop was there to tell him it was wrong but I knew that would never happen.
"Mace-quit worryin' so much. Seriously. It'll be fine. If I think there's any chance I'm gonna get hurt I won't go. Okay?" I knew there wasn't much I could do since I was miles away.
"Okay." I said hesitantly. "Just be careful."
"Okay Mace. I will. I gotta go now but I'll see ya at Thanksgiving."
"Okay, bye Tex. Tell Pop I said hi."
And with that I hung up the phone-I shouldn't have but I did. I went back into our dorm room and decided to give the work another go.
Okay-I know it's still slow but soon stuff will start happening. Stay with me. Please R&R. I appreciate any ideas, comments (negative or positive), and improvement suggestions.
(Mason)
I picked up my pen and tried to do some homework- I really did. I needed to keep my grades up since I was here on a basketball scholarship. If I didn't I'd be kicked out.
My roommate and best friend Bob Collins was here by his father's money. He could slack off all he wanted since he was here on Cole's dollar-but I don't know how happy Cole would be. But you could tell Bob didn't care. For instance right now he was blaring music so high I could barely hear myself think, let alone concentrate.
"Robert," I started but it was obvious he was too into singing along to hear me. "ROBERT!"
He looked at me funny, "Chill Mason, no need to yell, I'm right here." But he was yelling himself.
I just shook my head. I needed a break anyway. I went out into the hallway and picked up one of the phones that was hanging off the wall. Unlike my brother Tex, I could remember our phone number.
The phone rang quite a few times. Finally a voice answered.
"Hello." Who ever it was was out of breath.
"Tex?"
"Yeah. Hey Mason, how's it goin'?"
"Fine. What took you so long to answer and why are you so out of breath?" I was very curious about this.
"Oh, Me and Johnny just walked out the door and I had to run back to get the phone." I guess him and Johnny were still inseparable but I doubt that'll ever change.
"Oh. Where's Pop?" I wasn't even sure if I wanted to know the answer to this one but I asked anyway.
"I dunno, he was gone for a few days but then last night I musta been sleep walkin' or something 'cause he opened the front door and sent me flying. It was pretty funny actually. But he just grabbed something and left again, and I went back to bed and he was still gone when I got up." I didn't find it that funny. I couldn't believe it. I knew Pop would slack when I was gone but I thought he'd at least stay home for more than a minute.
"Tex, are you okay? I mean is he leaving you enough food when he goes, what about--" Tex cut me off.
"Mason quit worrin'. Your ulcer's gunna go nuts. I'm fine." I tried to change the subject.
"So you still sleep walking eh?" I figured the only difference was he had to pull himself back to bed now instead of having me take him there.
"Yeah. It's been a while since you called. You havin' fun?" It had been the beginning of the year when I called. I hoped he wasn't mad but he didn't seem it.
"Oh yeah. So I'm thinkin' I'm gonna come down for thanksgiving. I'll drive down with Robert and I can see you then."
"Sounds great Mace. Oh Johnny says hi." I looked into our dorm. Bob was singing along with the music in his own little world. I just laughed.
"And Bob says hi too. So where are you and Johnny going?"
"Roger Genet said that he could beat me and Johnny in a race on cycles. We're gonna go prove him wrong!" He sounded so excited about this but I didn't like the idea.
"Tex, I don't think that's a very good idea. It's bad enough you two ride that cycle anyway, but I don't think you should be racin' it." I wished Pop was there to tell him it was wrong but I knew that would never happen.
"Mace-quit worryin' so much. Seriously. It'll be fine. If I think there's any chance I'm gonna get hurt I won't go. Okay?" I knew there wasn't much I could do since I was miles away.
"Okay." I said hesitantly. "Just be careful."
"Okay Mace. I will. I gotta go now but I'll see ya at Thanksgiving."
"Okay, bye Tex. Tell Pop I said hi."
And with that I hung up the phone-I shouldn't have but I did. I went back into our dorm room and decided to give the work another go.
Okay-I know it's still slow but soon stuff will start happening. Stay with me. Please R&R. I appreciate any ideas, comments (negative or positive), and improvement suggestions.